In my eyes, it was bound to happen. The runner up in the most contested contest for the trust of the aware American citizenry, would find it hard to give up. It was just a mater of time that the runner up would earn the number one spot, or step in number 2. Hillary just stepped in it.
I know where I am here. This is not Hill44 or MyDD (cause your BB sucks), this is Democratic Underground. But I remember when this site, not just praised, but supported Hillary Clinton. If it wasn't for the emergence of Senator Barack Obama, there would never have been such a site as Hillary44, because it would be called Democratic Underground.
I must proclaim, to DU's Hillary supporters, that in the summer of 2005, as I sat at DNC HQ in DC, watching the Conyers "Basement Hearings" on the "Downing Street Minutes" revelation, I visualized a 2 year campaign in which Senator Clinton would leverage her apology for her IWR vote with a substantial legislative opposition to the obvious attack from within to our Constitution. As a witness to the birth of the opposition, ConyersBlog.com, and AfterDowningStreet.org, I later understood why John Conyers did not pursue Impeachment. He had no backup.
MOST HERE HAVE NO GROUND TO CRITICIZE HILLARY FOR TRYING!!!I talked to my friends, and we all came to the same conclusion. Hillary has overextended herself. She tried to make a shaky timing point (there is no California in June), and made thee mistake that a President can not make, an ill-advised statement under duress.
No Cheneyish VP, no Bill in the White House, no impediments to a fresh start. But I believe that the future before us would be served well with Hillary Clinton in a strong legislative position. Trust me, I want to call her wacko, but she is not. She's just caught up.
She deserves it more than Bill. She deserves a leadership position in our party. Let her be a crazy Senator, if that calms your sensibilities.
I'm willing to bet money that 98% of the 1000+ posters here had anything bad to say about Bill aside from thinking "rather have someone getting some with his finger on the button", or it could be worse.
Of the remaining 2%, we knew that Bill Clinton was better than a choice between the average lesser of two evils.
In the week-ish before us, we can vent our frustrations about how Hillary took it to far, crossed some line, or exposed some weakness in the American fabric. I will personally take advantage of this small window, but out of RESPECT for what the Clinton family has contributed, give her a brake!
It's time to heal.
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